Attachment for mowing-machines



(No Model.)

T. ELLBNBEGKER. ATTACHMENT PO-R MOWING MACHINES,

No. 600,716. Patented Mar. 15,1898.

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ATTACHMENT FOR MOWlNG-MACHINES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 600,716, dated March15, 1898.

Application filed March 6, 1897. Elerlal No- 626,066. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, THEODORE ELLEN- BECKER, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Sawyer, in the county of Door and State ofWisconsin, have invented a new and useful Attachment forMowing-Machines, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to attachments to mowing-machines especiallydesigned to lift pea-vines from the ground in advance of the finger-bar,whereby the vines may be properly presented to the knives to be cut.

The object of the invention is to improve the construction of devices ofthis character; and it consists in the several details of constructionand combination of parts hereinafter fully described, and particularlypointed out in the claims.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of a portion of amowing-machine with my invention applied thereto. Fig. 2 is a sideelevation of the attachment, the fingerbar being in section. Fig. 3 is aplan view of a portion of the finger-bar with my invention attachedthereto. Fig. 418 a bottom plan view of the attachment.

Similar reference-numerals indicate similar parts in the severalfigures. I

1 represents the finger -bar, 2 the knifeguards, and 3 the knife.

4 represents the attachment, which, as shown, is substantially V shapein side elevation.

The lower finger 5 is substantially straight, and the upper finger 6 iscurved. The lower finger consists of two sections, one of which isbifurcated, as indicated at 7, to receive the tenon 8, formed on the endof the other section.

9 represents a bolt passing through the in tel-locked ends to form ahinge on which the two parts may move relatively to each other.

10 represents a plate-spring secured at one end to the upper face of therear section and extending across the joint, with its free end bearingon the upper face of the front section. This spring normally holds thetwo sections in a straight line, but permits vertical movement of thefront section relative to the rear section in order that the front endof the device may accommodate itself to uneven ground. The rear sectionis halved out, as

indicated at 11, to receive the finger-bar 1,

and is provided with a series of perforations 12 to receive a bolt 13,by means of which a clamp 14, which engages the finger-bar 1, may

be locked in position to firmly secure the attachment to the finger-bar.The base of the clamp 14 is provided with an elongated opening 15, bymeans of which the attachment between the clamp and the rear section ofthe finger 5 may be adjusted, and it will be seen that on account ofthis elongated opening 15 and the series of perforations 12 in thefinger 5 the adjustment between the clamp and the finger may be minutelyregulated. The rear section is also provided with a conical openin g 16,adapted to receive the front end of the knife-guard, and as the clamplet may be adj usted longitudinally of the attachment it will be seenthat the attachment can be firmly secured to finger-bars of varyingwidths.

The upper face of the finger 6 at its front end is recessed, asindicated at 17, to receive a steel point 18, which is secured inposition by a bolt 19. This point projects slightly beyond the end ofthe attachment and may be adjusted longitudinally on the finger by meansof the elongated opening 20, formed in it, through which the bolt 19passes. This point is adapted to engage the ground and lift thepea-vines, so that they will pass up over the finger 6, and when itbecomes worn out it may be very easily replaced with a new one.

From the foregoing description it will be seen that the front end of theattachment will automatically adjust itself relative to the finger-bar 1in passing over uneven ground, and the attachment will not, therefore,be liable to plow through the ground and bring the knife into contactwith the dirt, which would have a tendency to dull it.

Having thus described the invention, what I claim is 1. An attachmentfor mowing-machines, comprising two fingers connected together at theirfront ends and diverging from each other toward their rear ends, thelower finger being in two sections hinged together, a spring to normallyhold the two sections in alinement but permitting their movementrelativelyvtoueachmother,a point adjustably secured to the front end ofthe upper finger and projecting beyond it, and means for the ad justableattachment of the lower finger to the the finger-bar of themowing-machine, subfinger-bar of the mowing-machine, substanstantiallyas described. tially as described. In testimony that I claim theforegoing as 2. An attachment for movingmachines my own I have heretoaflixed my signaturein 5 consisting of two fingers connected at theirthe presence of two witnesses.

front ends to form a point and diverging from 7 t a each other towardtheir rear ends, a point ad- THEODORE ELLENBECKER' justably secured tothe front end of the up- XVitnesses: per finger and projecting beyondit, and de- JOHN M. KosT,

I0 vices to adjustably secure the lower finger to H. H. FULLER.

